partner hires

Mumbai corporate partner Dhruv Singhal, who had joined AZB & Partners with Ashwath Rau from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) in 2016, is set to leave the firm in the coming weeks.

Trilegal Gurgaon-based partner Ravindra Bandhakavi has resigned from the firm.

Manan Lahoty, the Mumbai-based head of L&L Partners’ capital markets practice, is due to leave the firm and join IndusLaw with a team of four other capital markets partners, we have reliably learned.

K Law partner Arjun Rajgopal has joined L&L Partners in Delhi in its corporate practice, according to the firm and his Linked-in profile.

Gunderson Dettmer India and Southeast Asia head Ferish Patel - who had also headed its Singapore office - has joined the Hong Kong office of Cooley as a partner, according to the firm’s press release, with an aim to set up a Singapore office under him soon.

AZB & Partners has hired Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Mumbai partner Nikunj Maheshwari in its banking and finance practice.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) partner Dhruv Dewan is set to go independent as a litigator in Delhi, we understand authoritatively from sources.

Hammurabi & Solomon Partners has hired PwC associate director Pravesh Khandelwal as a partner in Gurgaon’s indirect tax and GST practice.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has beefed up its Mumbai infrastructure practice with the hire of Ravi Jain from AZB & Partners, where he was a senior transactional lawyer.

Trilegal has hired HSA Advocates partner Rahul Arora as a partner in its Energy and Infrastructure practice in Delhi, growing the partnership strength to 52.

ARA Law has hired K Law Bangalore-based associate partner Subharekha Ravi as co-head of its private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) practice.

ANM Global has hired its first two associate partners in Delhi and Mumbai, and has opened up a media and entertainment office in Andheri, according to a press release.

Nalsar Hyderabad 2007 graduate Revathi Raghavan has joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in London from Allen & Overy, according to her Linked-in profile.

Former Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) London partner Sumesh Sawhney has joined Essar Group in London as its general counsel this month, according to his Linked-in profile.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) indirect tax partners MP Devnath and Vivek Sharma, and associate partner Abhishek Anand, who had joined in 2017 after leaving Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS), have joined Seetharaman & Associates, which has now rebranded to Sarvada Legal.

Argus Partners Bangalore senior partner Siddharth Raja and husband-and-wife partner duo Aditya Narayan, Megha Narayan will be setting up their own law firm.

Trilegal has confirmed its vote to admit AZB & Partners Mumbai partner Harsh Maggon into its partnership and corporate practice.

Argus Partners has hired independent litigator Maneesha Kongovi as a partner in Bangalore with her team.

Technology lawyer Ankit Relan, associate partner at technology firm Mason & Associates Advocates, which counts Google amongst its clients, has joined Facebook India in Gurgaon as lead counsel.